Oscar Garrison is Senior Vice President of Food Safety and Regulatory Affairs for United Egg Producers (UEP). Prior to this appointment, he had a broad, regulatory-based career for over 19 years at the Georgia Department of Agriculture, where he held the executive positions of Division Director of Food Safety and Assistant Commissioner of Consumer Protection. Additionally, he is the past President of the Association of Food and Drug Officials (AFDO), where he led the effort to promote an integrated food safety system. Mr. Garrison was also the past President of the Georgia Association of Food Protection, an Executive Committee member of the Partnership for Food Protection, a Food Safety Liaison to the National Association of State Departments of Agriculture, and a member of the National Integrated Food Safety System Task Force.
Last year marked the beginning of the worst avian influenza outbreak to date, and the U.S. is still experiencing the chaos of this virus. Egg farmers, with the help of industry partners, have continued to develop and enhance biosecurity and safety measures that work to reduce the spread of the virus and maintain proper bird health.
